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Gate Hinge.

No. 233,394. \`X.Patented'0ct. 19,1880.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL, W. BARR, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF OF HIS RIGHT TO HENRY B. SMEGK, OF SAME PLAGE.

GATE-HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,394, dated October 19, 1880.

Application led July 17, 1880.

'o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL W. BARR, of the city of Reading, county of Berks, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Hanging and Latching of Gates, of which the followingis a specication.

This improvement relates more particularly to gates where it is desirable that they should not only open in either direction, but that they should be capable of swinging entirely out of the way in line of the fence, either fore or aft of the post to which it is hung.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar letters refer to similar parts, Figure l is a front elevation of a gate with the hinges and latch attached. Fig. 2 is a plan ot' the post and part of gate, showing the. positions which the gate may be made to assume. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the hinge complete.

A represents a gate, which may be of any desired plan. B is the gate-bracket, havinga projecting arm, B', with raised pintle B and pin-hole b. O is the post-bracket, having a bifurcated ear, C', and two solid ears, C 0', with pin -holes d. D is a sub-bracket arm working on the bracket C and carrying the suspended gate A by the joint-pin b.

The object of my invention is to give the farmer or land-holder an opportunity, by a division-post between two contiguous lots, to close the entrance to either with the same gate, or to throw the gate back on the division-line, giving a clear opening to both, also for entrance to lanes or lawns; to furnish a gate which can be opened away from the team, advancing in either direction toward the gate, and, as before, when desired, throw the gate completely out ot' service back against the 4o felice.

(Model.)

The gate as long as it is used as an ordinary one swings on the pintle d, as shown in A and A; but when it is carried around the post P into the position A the raised pintle B on the projected arm of B leaves the bifurcated ear C', and the motion is transferred to the pintle b. On bringing the gate back to the position A these motions are reversed.

I am aware that gates openingindifferently in either direction are not new, and therefore 5o do not broadly claim the same; but I believe I am the first to furnish a gate with positive centers of motion, which can at will heopened in four different directions, and be eqrually supported in each position. 5 5" What I claim, and for which I desire to secure Letters Patent, is as follows:

l. The combination ot' the bracket B, with 5, its arm B' and raised pintle B, and pin-hole I), with the gate A, for the purpose suustan- 6o tially as shown and described.

2. The triple-eared bracket C, having the upper ear, C', bifurcated and fitted to the raised pintle of the arm B', the ears C C" being solid with pin-holes d, in combination with bracket 0post P, gate-bracket B, and sub-bracket D, as shown, and for the purpose described.

3. rl`he sub-bracket D, in combination with the triple-eared bracket C and single-armed 7o bracket B', substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. The plate H on the post P, in a line with the heel of the gate A, in combination with the protecting-strip I on the gate A, for the purpose described.

DANIEL XV. BARR.

Witnesses:

JAMES B. KENNEY, WAYNE HAYMAN. 

